Sandra has just received a bad result in her language paper. After telling her parents, she points to her achievement in a recent swimming competition. Steele (1988) calls this strategy:

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Sandra is using self-affirmation, a strategy where individuals focus on their strengths or achievements in one area to cope with failures or negative feedback in another area. This helps maintain their self-esteem and overall sense of self-worth. Steele (1988) introduced this concept to describe how people deal with threats to their self-integrity.

Sandra Has Just Received a Bad Result in Her Language